The Oslo office handles sales and marketing of methanol.
With 10 employees, this department’s turnover totals some one million tonnes per year, or 15% of the west European market.
StatoilHydro's home market for methanol is Europe, with the main customers located in Germany, Scandinavia, Poland, the UK and along the Atlantic coast.
Most of the product sold is shipped directly to customers from the methanol plant at Tjeldbergodden in mid-Norway, but StatoilHydro also has methanol storage capacity in Norway, the Netherlands (Rotterdam) and the UK.
Methanol is an important feedstock for the chemical industry. The main derivatives are formaldehyde, methyl-tertiary-butyl-ether (MTBE), acetic acid and di-methyl-ether (DME).
